And you also heard an idiom with butter: to butter someone up.

奉承某人。

If you butter someone up, you say nice things to them so they'll do something you want.

如果你奉承、恭维某人，你对某人说好听的话，这样他们就会做一些你想要的事情。

So, " to butter someone up" - to flatter, to praise.

所以，“讨好某人” ——奉承，赞美。

Let's hear some examples of how to use 'to butter someone up' or 'to butter up someone', which is today's expression in The English We Speak.

to butter someone up或是to butter up someone就是今天地道英语节目要学的表达方式，我们来听些例句，看看这个短语如何应用。